Not having read any of her later fare, I can't really say, but I suspect the reviews are pretty accurate. The book was a very enjoyable, light read, but definitely a literary potato chip.
The plot centers around just-turned-40-and-divorced Nina Askew (gotta love those telltale names), who left her high-powered all-career-no-play husband and finds herself in a tiny apartment starting a new life. The story opens with Nina at the dog pound, where she intends to get a bouncy little puppy to cheer her up (her ex had a strong anti-dog bias), but instead finds Fred, a droopy and dour basset hound who's 24 hours away from the gas chamber. Before long, Fred has managed to get Nina introduced to Alex, her dreamy downstairs neighbor, a 30-year-old, completely not-interested-in-moving-up-the-career-l
I read a few synopses of other Jennifer Crusie books and noticed a trend, i.e., they're all about middle-aged (but still got it!) women, recovering from life's slings and arrows while finding steamy love with hot guys. As I said to
To that end, Anyone But You is a by-the-numbers affair straight out of Writing the Romantic Comedy, from "the cute meet" to "the Bellamy." It's funny, charming, and enjoyable, but nothing that will knock your socks off. The sex scenes came off kinda silly, but then sex scenes almost always do. Having the protagonist being Smart And Sassy Gal on one page, then breathlessly saying, "Do things to me..." on the next, is a sure-fire recipe for snorts.
-The Gneech